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W. R. BROCK.

BUTTON FASTENING.

No. 418,442. Patented Dec. 81, 1889.

2 94 1244 e00 av UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM R. BROOK, OF VVEEDSPORT, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE RHEU BOTTOM& TEALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. f118,442, datedDecember 31, 1889.

7 Application filed June 20, 1889. Serial No. 314,979. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. Bnocn, of IVe'edsport, county of Cayuga,in the State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fastenings, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view. bottom plan View.

My invention relates to button-fastenings in which the button is held orsecured to a garment by a tape, the ends of which are stitched in,leaving the button pendent from the tape.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved detached buttonfastening in which the button is connected to a garment by means of atape strung through the button-mold and having its ends stitched in.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andoperation hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claimannexed.

It is constructed as follows: A is the button-mold, provided with thenotches 1, opposite each other and in line with the central opening 2through the mold. B is the tape or Fig. 2 is a cord, elastic or not, asmay be desired, by 0 which the button is connected to the garment. Asshown in the drawings, this cord is passed across the back of the moldthrough the notches on either side. Then each end is passed through thecenter openingone on 5 one side and one on the otherand when the endsare drawn'down a double loop is formed around the button-mold on eachside of the center, and the cord, being inserted in this way, issufficiently cramped at the bend to 40 prevent it from slipping and thebutton-mold from sliding upon the cord. This mode of lacing the cordthrough the mold is shown to illustrate one mode of doing it.

hat I claim is A button-fastening consisting of a buttoninold having aplanesurface and edge notches opposite each other, a tape or cord passedacross said mold and in the notches, the free ends passed through thecentral opening to 50 the rear face of the mold, forming means ofattachment, substantiallytas set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of May,1889.

\VILLIAM R. BROOK.

In presence of- ELMER E. RUST, STANLEY G. ALLEN.

